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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"biophysical drivers"”.
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Identifying Biophysical Drivers of Evapotranspiration for Forest Cover in a Mountainous Region
… to assess the relationships between selected biophysical variables and ET, highlighting both linear modeling with correlated error structures and the identification of non-linear patterns. Results from both models highlighted the significant roles of aspect, slope, and tree canopy cover in …
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Metrics of food security and sustainability An indicator-based vulnerability and resilience approach
… Latin Arc presents several socioeconomic and biophysical drivers of change making the food system vulnerable in its functions. A vulnerability/resilience approach was applied to analyze the main issues related to food and nutrition security. Formalizing the food system as a dynamic complex …
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The burning questions about Hluhluwe : causes and consequences of a severe wildfire
The biophysical drivers of fire; ignition, fire weather conditions, fuel biomass, and flammability, differ in varying ecosystems. The rates of occurrence of these factors influence fire regimes. This study investigated the causes and consequences of a severe wildfire that swept through the Hluhluwe …
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Multiscale patterns of mammal diversity and occurrence in the Karoo
… farming have severely impacted the Karoo's biophysical environment it remains relatively intact from an ecological perspective. However, novel threats have emerged, including a proposal for the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing extensive shale reservoirs. A major impediment …